So, I transplanted these about a week and a half ago, and then we got about a week of heavy rain. Is this transplant shock and excess water or the dreaded leaf curl virus? What should I do?
by Karl_and_Kned
4 Comments
GetItM0m
Following because one of mine is starting to look like this. We’ve had heavy rain for the past week or so
Entire-Competition29
I’ve had the same problem, first I thought it was under watering, after rain we just had that’s not the case, I believe it’s from over watering.
CitrusBelt
Nothing in those pics looks very virus-y to me….could be, but occams razor would be that “Physiological leaf roll” is the only thing you have going on there.
It’s common after watering/wind stress, transplanting, root damage, overpruning, warm/dry days combined with cool nights, etc. etc…..all sorts of causes.
No big deal at all in the long run (in terms of the actual rolling), and almost always nothing to worry about (in terms of the cause that led to it)
Some varieties, or even individual plants of the same variety, can be MUCH more prone to it than others.
Usually (for me) it’ll start on lower leaves, but I could totally see it showing first on new growth if you got a whole lot of rain all of a sudden.
MissouriOzarker
I will answer the easy question first. What you should do is basically nothing. Your plant is fine.
What’s causing the curl is a harder question to answer, except that it’s easy to rule out a virus. The heavy rain you mentioned is most likely a factor, but it’s impossible to say for sure what is causing it. The simple truth is that some varieties just roll their leaves. For example, I always grow Old Germans (they’re my wife’s favorite), and they always roll their leaves while producing ample and delicious fruit. Life’s too short to let a little leaf roll get you down.
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Following because one of mine is starting to look like this. We’ve had heavy rain for the past week or so
I’ve had the same problem, first I thought it was under watering, after rain we just had that’s not the case, I believe it’s from over watering.
Nothing in those pics looks very virus-y to me….could be, but occams razor would be that “Physiological leaf roll” is the only thing you have going on there.
It’s common after watering/wind stress, transplanting, root damage, overpruning, warm/dry days combined with cool nights, etc. etc…..all sorts of causes.
No big deal at all in the long run (in terms of the actual rolling), and almost always nothing to worry about (in terms of the cause that led to it)
Some varieties, or even individual plants of the same variety, can be MUCH more prone to it than others.
Usually (for me) it’ll start on lower leaves, but I could totally see it showing first on new growth if you got a whole lot of rain all of a sudden.
I will answer the easy question first. What you should do is basically nothing. Your plant is fine.
What’s causing the curl is a harder question to answer, except that it’s easy to rule out a virus. The heavy rain you mentioned is most likely a factor, but it’s impossible to say for sure what is causing it. The simple truth is that some varieties just roll their leaves. For example, I always grow Old Germans (they’re my wife’s favorite), and they always roll their leaves while producing ample and delicious fruit. Life’s too short to let a little leaf roll get you down.